Seven men pleaded guilty today to involvement in a violent attack at an Indian restaurant in the city, which left several injured.
They admitted conspiring together, and with unknown others, to commit violent disorder at the Moghul Durbar in East Park Road, Spinney Hills, Leicester, on the evening of Monday, January 14.
A group of men burst into the recently opened premises armed with weapons and smashed windows.
A number of people were assaulted.
Customers, including women and children, fled from the restaurant.
Six victims attended Leicester Royal Infirmary for treatment to both minor and serious injuries.
The Leicester Crown Court case was adjourned until next month, for the preparation of pre-sentence reports.
Six of the defendants are from Derby.
They are: Surjit Pandher (28), a former prison warden, of Northfield; Gurmukh Singh Cheema (25), of Harrington Street; Ranjit Singh (21), of Harrington Street; Sundeep Singh Sangha (25), a gas heating engineer, of Wordsworth Avenue; Rajveer Singh Sangha (24), a college student, of Wordsworth Avenue; and Ranvir Singh (21), of Harrington Street.
The seventh defendant is Kahan Khalsa (26), of Rectory Gardens, Oldbury, Birmingham
Judge Michael Pert QC remanded all seven men back into custody to await sentencing.
